Sun Stone

The Sun Stone (Japanese: たいようのいし Sun Stone) is a type of evolutionary stone introduced in Generation II.

Sun Stone たいようのいし Sun Stone

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Introduced in Generation II Pocket Generation II Items Generation III Items Generation IV Items Generation V Items Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Fling Power 30

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC RSEFRLG DPPtHGSS N/A $1050 B $10000 $1050 WB2W2 XYORAS N/A $1050 SMUSUM N/A $1,500

In the Generation V games, the Sun Stone can be sold to an item maniac inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center for $3000.

Effect

Manual activation

Can be used to evolve one of several Pokémon. This consumes the Sun Stone.

• Causes Gloom to evolve into Bellossom
• Causes Sunkern to evolve into Sunflora
• Causes Cottonee to evolve into Whimsicott
• Causes Petilil to evolve into Lilligant
• Causes Helioptile to evolve into Heliolisk

Description

Games Description GSC Evolves certain kinds of Pokémon. RSE Makes certain species of Pokémon evolve. FRLG A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is as red as the sun. ColoXD Makes certain species of Pokémon evolve. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is as red as the sun. XYORAS SMUSUM A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It burns as red as the evening sun.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Bug-Catching Contest first prize RSE Mossdeep Space Center Held by wild Solrock (5% chance) FRLG Ruin Valley DPPt Valor Lakefront The Underground, held by wild Solrock (5% chance) HGSS Route 13 (gift from Camper Tanner), Bug-Catching Contest first prize, Pokéathlon Dome (post-National Pokédex) (3000 Pts.)SuMoFr, held by wild Solrock (5% chance) PW Volcano Path, Amity Meadow BW Nimbasa City, Relic Castle Dust clouds, Pickup, Black CityB/White ForestW (Lena), held by wild Solrock (5% chance) B2W2 Nimbasa City, Relic Castle, Giant Chasm, Pinwheel Forest Pickup, Join Avenue (Antique Shop), held by wild Solrock (5% chance) Dust clouds (Chargestone Cave, Mistralton Cave, Clay Tunnel, Twist Mountain, Underground Ruins, Victory Road, Wellspring Cave, Seaside Cave, Giant Chasm), Hidden Grottoes (Routes 6, 13; Abundant Shrine), Pokémon Dream Radar (regular areas after catching Tornadus) DW* Rugged Mountain XY Route 13, Anistar City, Shalour City Pickup, Secret Super Training (Drag Down Hydreigon!), Route 18 (from Psychic Inver), held by wild Solrock (5% chance) ORAS Mossdeep Space Center Pickup, Mauville City (Inverse Battle Stop), Secret Super Training (Drag Down Hydreigon!), Route 115 (rematch with Expert Timothy), Secret Base ("Pick up stones" with Secret Pal), held by wild Solrock (5% chance) PMC* Balloon Popping (Lv. 2) SMUSUM Blush Mountain, Haina DesertSUS Poké Pelago (Isle Aphun - Brilliant-Stone Hunting, Interesting-Item Hunting) Pickup

Appearance

This is the appearance of the Sun Stone in the Sinnoh Underground.

Sun Stone

In spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

The Sun Stone appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, and Gates to Infinity.

Price

Games Cost Sell price MDRB 3000 1 MDTDS 1000 1 MDGtI ? 100

Effect

Can be used to evolve one of several Pokémon by offering it at the Luminous Cave^RB or Luminous Spring^TDS or by using it in a dungeon^GtI. This consumes the Sun Stone.

• Causes Gloom to evolve into Bellossom
• Causes Sunkern to evolve into Sunflora
• Causes Cottonee to evolve into Whimsicott
• Causes Petilil to evolve into Lilligant

If thrown, it will deal 1^RBTDS/2^GtI damage (2 if sticky). In Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky, using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.

Description

Games Description MDRB It enables certain kinds of Pokémon to evolve. Give it to the Pokémon when it's ready to evolve. MDTDS An odd stone that glows with sunny warmth. It allows certain kinds of Pokémon to evolve. MDGtI An odd stone that glows with sunny warmth. It helps certain kinds of Pokémon to evolve.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods MDRB Solar Cave (1-20F) MDTDS Golden Chamber (Deluxe Box) Treasure boxes, Job requests (★3-★9) Mystifying Forest (Kecleon Shop: 5F, 7F, 9F, 11F, 13F), Lake Afar (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F, B21F, B23F), Midnight Forest (Kecleon Shop: B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F, B21F, B23F) MDGtI Treasure boxes Pokémon Paradise (Sunken Treasure, Beartic Slide, Prize Palace) Skill Treasury, Treasure Trove

Appearance

Sprite from Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team	Sprite from Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky	Sprite from Gates to Infinity	Model from Gates to Infinity*

Pokémon Conquest

In Pokémon Conquest, Petilil and Cottonee evolve into Lilligant and Whimsicott, respectively, if their link is improved while their Warrior is equipped with a Sun Stone.

A Sun Stone can be purchased from the traveling merchant for 5000 gold, and sold for 2500-3250 gold.

Description

Games Description Conq. Enables certain Pokémon to evolve.

Pokémon GO

Sun Stone in Pokémon GO

The Sun Stone is required to evolve certain Pokémon in Pokémon GO:

• Gloom requires 100 Oddish Candy and a Sun Stone to evolve into Bellossom.
• Sunkern requires 50 Sunkern Candy and a Sun Stone to evolve into Sunflora.

The Sun Stone was added to Pokémon GO on February 16, 2017.

Description

Games Description GO A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It burns as red as the evening sun.

Acquisition

Starting at level 10, Sun Stones can be obtained by searching PokéStops or Gyms. While normally rare, from March 21, 2017 onward, the player is guaranteed to find an Evolution item when obtaining the bonus for spinning a Photo Disc for the seventh day in a row.

Additionally, the player receives a Sun Stone when completing part 2 of the Special Research "A Ripple in Time".

In the anime

A Sun Stone in the anime

Ash obtained a Sun Stone as a prize for winning the Bug-Catching Contest in The Bug Stops Here. He later used it to evolve a Sunkern in Moving Pictures.

A Sun Stone, along with a Leaf Stone, appeared in Whichever Way the Wind Blows during an explanation of the branch in Gloom's evolutionary line.

Mystery on a Deserted Island! featured the Sun Stone along with all of the other evolutionary stones available as of Generation V.

A full set of evolutionary stones was seen on display in a stone shop in Geosenge Town in The Cave of Trials!. In addition, a Trainer used a Sun Stone purchased from the shop to evolve his Helioptile into Heliolisk. Clemont then revealed that he had also used a Sun Stone to evolve his own Helioptile into Heliolisk.

Pokédex entries

Episode Subject Source Entry EP187 Sun Stone Ash's Pokédex The Sun Stone enables evolution in several Pokémon, changing Gloom into Vileplume and changing Sunkern into Sunflora.

Gallery

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  The Sun Stone that Ash won in The Bug Stops Here

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  A Trainer with a Sun Stone in The Cave of Trials!

In the manga

A Sun Stone in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In The Last Battle VI, Gold's Sunkern, Sunbo, evolved into a Sunflora because the sun's energy reflected off the rocks near Ilex Forest replicated the Sun Stone's effects.

Ruby & Sapphire arc

In Ring Ring Goes Beldum, Steven found a Sun Stone while he and Ruby escaped from a group of wild Mawile in Granite Cave.

Trivia

• The Sun Stone shares its name with an actual gemstone.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 日之石 Yaht-jī Sehk * Mandarin 日之石 Rì-zhī Shí * 太陽之石 Tàiyáng-zhī Shí * Danish Solsten Finnish Aurinkokivi French Pierresoleil* Pierre Soleil* German Sonnenstein Italian Pietrasolare Korean 태양의돌 Taeyang-ui Dol Norwegian Solstein Polish Kamień Słońca* Słoneczny Kamień* Portuguese Brazil Pedra Solar* Pedra do Sol* Rocha Solar* Portugal Pedra Sol Spanish Piedra Solar Swedish Solsten Turkish Güneş Taşı Vietnamese Đá mặt trời

Evolution stones

Fire Stone

Water Stone

Thunder Stone

Leaf Stone

Moon Stone

Sun Stone

Shiny Stone

Dusk Stone

Dawn Stone

Ice Stone

Exclusive to Pokémon GO

Sinnoh Stone

Unova Stone

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